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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average
height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be
more than twice the significant wave height.

PZZ899-290415-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure W of the waters
will persist today into Thu night. A coastal trough will persist
along the N and central California coast through Wed, then weaken
from N to S late Wed night into Thu night. A cold front will move
into the N California waters Thu night, and then move across the
central California waters Fri and into the southern waters Fri
night. High pressure will rebuild into the area behind the front
Fri and Fri night. The NAVTEX Cambria station is off air and
reporting an outage. Technicians have been notified. We apologize
for the inconvenience.

$$

PZZ820-290415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ920-290415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to
20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ825-290415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ925-290415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ830-290415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ930-290415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ835-290415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ935-290415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ840-290415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ940-290415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ945-290415-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
845 AM PDT Mon Apr 28 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Poche. Ocean Prediction Center.